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英国文学期末考试题目英语专业必备
一•中古英语时期
BeowulfistheoldestpoemintheEnglishIanguage,andthemostimportantspecimen范例、典范)ofAnglo-Saxonliterature,andalsotheoldestsurvivingepicintheEnglishIanguage.
Theromanceisapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod(中世纪).Itusesverseorprosetosinknightlyadventuresorotherheroicdeeds.
GeoffreyChaucer,oneofthegreatestEnglishpoets,whosemasterpiece,TheCanterburyTales(《坎特伯雷故事集》),wasoneofthemostimportantinfluencesonthedevelopmentofEnglishliterature.
ChaucerisconsideredasthefatherofEnglishpoetryandthefounderofEnglishrealism.
2.文艺复兴Renaissance
Renaissancereferstotheperiodbetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturies.Itmarksatransition过渡)fromthemedievaltothemodernworld.
ItstartedinItalywiththefloweringofpainting,sculpture(雕塑)andliterature,andthenspreadtotherestofEurope.
HumanismistheessenceofRenaissance----Manisthemeasureofallthings.
ThiswasEnglandGoldenAgeinliterature.QueenElizabethreignedoverthecountryinthisperiod.TherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissanceistheElizabethandrama.ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarloweandWilliamShakespeare.
ThegreatestofthepioneersofEnglishdramawasChristopherMarlowe.
FrancisBaconwasthebestknownessayistofthisperiod.OfStudies”isthemostpopularofBacon's58essays.
ThomasMoreUtopia
EdmundSpenserTheFaerieQueene
相关练习
1.WhichistheoldestpoemintheEnglishIanguage?
A.UtopiaB.FaerieQueene
C.BeowulfD.Hamlet
2.isthefatherofEnglishpoetry.
A.EdmundSpenserB.WilliamShakespeare
C.FrancisBaconD.GeoffreyChaucer
3.isnotaplaywrightduringtheRenaissanceperiodonEngland.
A.WilliamShakespeareB.GeoffreyChaucer
C.ChristopherMarloweD.BenJohnson
3.莎士比亚WilliamShakespeare
“Alltheworld'sastage,andallthemenandwomenmerelyplayers.”
WilliamShakespeare
WilliamShakespeareisconsideredthegreatestplaywrightintheworldandthefinestpoetwhohaswrittenintheEnglishIanguage.Shakespeareunderstoodpeoplemorethananyotherwriters.Hecouldcreatecharactersthathavemeaningbeyondthetimeandplaceofhisplays.HisfourtragediesareHamlet(《哈姆雷特》),Othello(《奥赛罗》),KingLear(《李尔王》)andMacbeth(《麦克白》).
Shakespeare'onnets154innumber,aretheonlydirectexpressionofthepoet'sownfeelingSonnet18deservesitsfamebecauseitisoneofthemostbeautifullywrittenversesintheEnglishIanguage
诗选
Sonnet18
ShallIcomparetheetoaSummer'sday?
Thouartmorelovelyandmoretemperate.
RoughwindsdoshakethedarlingbudsofMay,
AndSummersleasehathalltooshortadate.
(我怎能将你与夏日相比?
/你比它更温和可爱:
/动人的花蕾在五月咆哮的风中颤抖,/夏日的美好时光也绝不长久:
)
Sometimetoohottheeyeofheavenshines,
Andoftenishisgoldcomplexiondimm'd;
Andeveryfairfromfairsometimedeclines.
Bychanee,ornature'schangingcourse,unjtrimm'd
(太阳的金色光芒虽然耀眼,/却常常以灰暗的面貌出现;/再美貌的物什
都逃不过凋谢,/命运流转或无意间将其拆解;)
ButthyeternalSummershallnotfade,
Norlosepossessionofthatfairthouow'st
NorshallDeathbragthouwander'stinhisshade,
Whenineternallinetotimethougrow'st.
Solongasmencanbreathoreyescansee,
Solonglivesthis,andthisgiveslifetothee.
(可你如夏日般不会褪色,/你的美貌也将永存;/死神无法夸耀你曾在它的阴影中游荡,/伴随永恒的诗篇你将留存。
/只要人类生生不息我的诗句能被见证,/你就会在传承中得到永生!
)
相关练习
1.Shakespearesgreatesttragediesarethefollowingworksexcept.
A.HamletB.KingLearC.RomeoandJulietD.Othello
2.TheEssenceofRenaissanee,themostsignificantintellectualmovement,
was.
A.GeographicalexplorationB.Religiousreformation
C.PublishingandtranslationD.Humanism.
3.InSonnet18”Shakespeare.
A.Meditateonthedestructivepoweroftimeandeternalbeautybypoetry.
B.Satirize(讽刺)human'vanity.
C.Predict(预测)theeternityoflove.
D.Eulogize(颂扬)thepowerofthebeauty.
4.WhichofthefollowingstatementbestillustratesthethemeofShakespeare'sSonnet18?
A.ThespeakereulogizesthepowerofNature.
B.Thespeakersatirizeshumanvanity.
C.Thespeakerpraisesthepowerofartisticcreation.
D.Thespeakermeditatesonma'salvation.
5.TheRenaissaneereferstobetween14th-mid-17thcentury,whichwasunder
thereignofQueenandabsolutemonarchyinEnglandreacheditssummit,andinwhichthe'realmainstream真正的文学主流)’was.
A.Victoria/poetry
B.Elizabeth/drama
C.Mary/novel
D.James/drama
6.,thefirstofthegreattragedies,isgenerallyregardedasShakespeare
mostpopularplayonthestage,forithasthequalitiesofablood-and-thunder”thrilleranda"philosophicalexploration'oflifeanddeath.
A.TheMerchantofVeniceB.Hamlet
C.KingLearD.TheWinter'Tale
4.18世纪英国文学
The18th-centuryEnglandisknownastheAgeofEnlightenmentortheAgeofReason.
17thcenturywriterJohnMiltonranksasoneofthegreatestpoetsinthehistoryofEnglishliterature.HismasterpieceParadiseLost(失乐园)waspublishedin1667.LateranotherepicpoemParadiseRegained(复乐园),sequeltoParadiseLost,waspublishedwiththepoeticdramaSamsonAgoniste(力士参孙).
Themid-18thcenturywas,however,predominatedbyanewlyrisingliteraryform,themodernEnglishnovel,which,contrarytothetraditionalromaneeofaristocrats,givesarealisticpresentationoflifeofthecommonEnglishpeople.DanielDefoeisconsideredtobethefatheroftheEnglishnovel.HismasterpieceisRobinsonCrusoe.ItisconsideredtobethefirstEnglishnovelJonathanSwiftisgenerallyconsideredthegreatestprosesatirist(讽刺散文家)inEnglishliterature.HisIanguageissimple,clearandvigorous.Heonceasserted:
“Properwordsinproperplace,makesthetruedefinitionofastyle.”他曾把文字风格定义成恰到好处的词语用在恰到好处的地方”Therearenoornamentsinhiswritings.Insimple,directandpreciseprose,SwiftisalmostunsurpassedinEnglishliterature.
Gulliver'sTravels,JonathanSwift'sbestfictionalwork,containsfourparts,eachaboutoneparticularvoyageduringwhichGulliverhasextraordinaryadventuresonsomeremoteislandafterhehasmetwithshipwreckorpiracyorsomeothermisfortune.
相关练习
1.Inwhichofthefollowingworkscanyoufindthepropernames"Lilliput","Brobdingnag",Houyhnhnm"and"Yahoo”?
A.ThePilgrim'sProgressB.TheFarrieQueene
C.Gulliver'sTravelsD.TheSchoolofScandal
2.isatypicalfeatureofSwift'swritings.
A.ElegantstyleB.Causalnarration
C.BittersatireD.Complicatedsentencestructure
3.TheHouyhnhnmsdepictedbyJonathanSwiftinGulliver'sTravelsare.
A.horsesthatareendowedwithreason.
B.pigmiesthatareendowedwithadmirablequalities
C.giantsthataresuperiorinwisdom.
D.Hairy,wild,lowanddespicablecreatures,whoresemblehumanbeingsnotonlyinappearaneebutalsoinsomeotherways.
五•浪漫主义诗歌
(一)先驱:
RobertBurns罗伯特彭斯,WilliamBlake威廉布莱克
RobertBurnsisanationalpoetofScotland,apoetofpeasants,hispoemsarewritteninScottishdialect.ARed,RedRose(《红红的玫瑰》)andAuldlangSynearehismostpopularpoems.
Toseeaworldinagrainofsand,/Andaheaveninawildflower,/Hold
infinityinthepalmofyourhand,/Andeternityinanhour.William
Blake一花一世界,一沙一天国,君掌盛无边,刹那含永劫。
(二)代表诗人:
1.Escapistromanticists/LakePoets(湖畔派诗人)(WilliamWordsworth,SamuelTaylorColeridge,RobertSouthey)
2.activeromanticists/demonicgroup/Satanicschool(撒旦派)(GeorgeGordonByron,PercyByssheShelley,JohnKeats)
EnglishRomanticismisgenerallysaidtohavebeganin1798withthepublicationofWordsworth&Coleridge'sLyricalBalladsandtohaveendedin1832withSirWalterScott'sdeath.
WilliamWordsworthstartedwithSamuelTaylorColeridgetheEnglishRomanticmovementwiththeircollectionLyricalBalladsin1798.LyricalBallads《抒情歌谣集》followedby“The°refacetotheLyricalBallads”一servedasthemanifesto(宣言)oftheEnglishRomanticMovementinpoetry.
“Allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowopowerfulfeelingsthattakesitsoriginfromemotionrecollectedintranquility.”WilliamWordsworth(诗
是强烈情感的自然流露;诗源于在平静中积累的情感。
)相关练习
1.TheRomanticMovementexpressedamoreorlessattitudetowardthe
existingsocialandpoliticalconditions.
A.positiveB.negativeC.neutralD.indifferent
2.FortheRomantics,isnotonlythemajorsourceofpoeticimagery,but
alsoprovidesthedominantsubjectmatter.
A.loveB.manC.natureD.death
3.IntheRomanticperiod,isthemostprosperousliteraryform.
A.proseB.poetryC.fictionD.play
4.RomanticismisaperiodofBritishliteratureroughlydatedfrom__.
A.1660-----1798B.1798----1832
C.1483-----1546D.1836-----1901
5.ThetwomajornovelistsoftheEnglishRomanticPeriodareandWalter
Scott.
6.WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoet,advocatedallthefollowingEXCEPT
A.theuseofeverydayIanguagespokenbythecommonpeople
B.theexpressionofthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings
C.theuseofhumbleandrusticlifeassubjectmatter
D.theuseofelegantwordingandinflatedfiguresofspeech
7.Thepublicationof“”markedthebeginningofRomanticAge.
A.DonJuanB.TheRimeoftheAncientMariner
C.TheLyricalBalladsD.QueenMab
8.ThemajorrepresentativesofthepoeticrevolutioninEnglishRomanticperiod
wereSamuelTaylorColeridgeand.
A.WilliamBlakeB.WilliamWordsworth
C.JohnKeatsD.PercyByssheShelley
诗选
IWanderedLonelyasaCloudWilliamWordsworth
IwanderedIonelyasacloud
Thatfloatsonhigho'ervalesandhills,
WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,
Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;
Besidethelake,beneaththetrees,
Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.
Continuousasthestarsthatshine
Andt
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